Language Arts Links

Reading Strategies:

Elements of a story
www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html

Elements of Fiction Story Map
www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story-30008.html

Read the Elements of Fiction Terminology
www.cstl-cla.semo.edu/hhecht/the elements of fiction.htm

www.huntel.net/rsweetland/literature/genre/fiction/ficelmnts.html

Plot Lines
www.learner.org/interactives/literature/readplot1.html

Literary Terms
www.enotes.com/literary-terms/plot

Literary Vocabulary
www.leasttern.com/Litterms/literary-terms.html

Inference Riddles
www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html

Infer
www.TV411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?num=11&act=2&que=1

Inference Battleship Game
www.quia.com/ba/41785.html

Summarize
www.TV411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=4&que=1

Author and Book Connections
Author Connection**. Sachar is the author of Small Steps,Wayside School, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, Sideways Stories, and the Marvin Redpost series, among others.

Author Website
http://www.louissachar.com/
Interview with Louis Sachar from PBS Online NewsHour (November 24, 1998) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec98/sacher_11-25.html
Louis Sachar from the Children's Book Council http://wwerv.cbcbooks.org/html/louissachar.html
Louis Sachar from Kidsreads http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-sachar-louis.asp
Louis Sachar from Random House, Inc. http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/results.pperl?authorid=26631
Louis Sachar: Author of the Month from Shabbona Library (IL) http://www.besd53.k12.il.us/shabbona/fritzd/Authors/Louis%20Sachar/louis_sachar.htm
Louis Sacher Biography from Scholastic Inc.
http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/...http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/..
Louis Sachar: Top of His Class by B. Strickland from The Austin Chronicle http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue26/books.sachar.html
Sacher, Louis (March 20, 1954-) from the Educational Paperback Association htttp://edupaperback.org/authorbios/Sachar_Louis.html
Sacher, Louis from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sachar